Pencil-holder and point-protector.



PATENTED MAY 55L 196?.

R. KLIPPEL. PENCIL HOLDER AND POINT PROTECT APPLICATION FILED AUG- 7. 1906.

WITNESSES I To all whontit may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT KLIPFEL, a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT KLIPFEL, or Li h MoRE, NORTH DAKOTA.

PENCiL-HQLDER, "AND I O T-PROTEOTOR.

Specification of Letterlatent.

Patented May 21,- 1907.

Application filed August '7, 1906. Serial No. 329,533.

7 citizen of the United States, and a resident of Larlmore, in the county of Grand Forks and Stateof North Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Pencil Holder and Point Protector, of which the following is a full,

ing' drawings forming a part of this specifiu c' atlon, in which similar characters of refer. I, 'nce indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pencil holder and point protector; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2.2 of Fig; 1,

showing the pencil in place; Fig. 3 is a vertical section at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2, and showing the pencil removed; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofa portion of the holder, showing the fastener for securing the same to the clothing.

My improved holder comprises a tube 1 adapted to receive the pencil 2 and of a length slightly less than the depth'of an ordinary vest pocket. This tube is slightly larger in cross section than an ordinary pen oil and is substantially closed at the bottom and provided witha slightly flaring opening -3 at the top. Adjacent the upper end of the tube is provided a spring 4, having one end thereof secured in any suitable manner to the wall of the tube, and having a portion 5 thereofextending through a slotin the wall of the tube, adapted to press against the penoil within the tube.

The end 6 of this spring is bent away from the tube, whereby the finger nail may be inserted beneath the end and withdraw the spring from the slot in case a very short pencil is carried in the holder and the outer end of said pencil is too far within the tube to permit of its being'withdrawn by taking hold of the end.

Within the tube 1 is a point protect-0'1 7 substantially funnel shaped and having its larger end of a diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the tube. The

lower end 8 of the point protector is preferably formed slightly larger than the diameter of the lead of the pencil and is preferably cylindrical, so that the pointed lead may extend downward within said cylindrical portion and thus be prevented from coming in contact with any portion of the holder or protector. Y

Within the tube and beneath the point protector is a coil spring 9, adapted to force the protector to the upper end of the tube, thereby keeping it in contact with the end of the pencil at all. times, irrespective of how short .the pencil may be 'or how far it is inserted within the holder, while in order to protect the spring-9 against injury by being crowded together at the bottom ofthe tube 1 from the pencil being pushed down too far,v

the cylindrical part 8 of the point protector V 7 should be sufficiently long to serve as a stop. For preventin the removal of the spring and protector, t' e upper end of the tube is provided with an annular inwardly-directed projection 10, acti as a stop, and against which the protector is pressed when the pencil is removed. The top edge of this sto 10 should be rounded off-toward the wall 0 the tube 1, 'so that if the pencil is carelessly inserted in the holder and the point thereof pushed down the side of the tube, it will be protected against injury, by being guided into the. point protector 7. y

The operation of the holder and protector is very simple; as all that is necessary is to insert the pencil within the upper end of the tube and press it inward any suitable or desired distance. The protector is always in contact with the shar ened end of the pencil and the pencil is hel in lace by the spring {1, which presses against 't e side thereof with suflicient force to prevent the accidental re moval of the pencil, but not with sufiicient force to prevent the pencil from being easily inserted or pulled out. By 'means of the movable point protector and the coiled spring a short pencil cannot fall to the bottom of the tube but is held in any desired position just as securely as is-a-much longer encil. The protector prevents the pencil l' om moving from side to side or in any other way, having the point thereof broken off.

For securing the improved pencil holder above described to a garment, it is provided with a clamp or fastener 11, preferably in the form of a flat piece of metal 12 bent to form upper and lower jaws, which will allow the arment to be slipped in between them., For holding the jaws in place and operating them IJJ there is provided a second U-shaped piece of metal 13inclosing the jaws 12 and provided with a lever 14. These jaws are preferably provided with teeth 15 for more securely lulding the material inserted between them. The upper end of the tube 1 is rovided with a flat metal plate 16 secured t iereto in any suitable manner, and to this plate 16 is pivotally mounted the fastener 11 above described. The tWoare held together byv a suitable rivet 17, While the fastener is prov ded with a small projection or pin 18,v gated to enter a recess in the face of the p 16 and hold the fastener in alinemeet with the tube. The fastener bein composed of spring metal, itv may be turne on the pivot 17, and by providing a plurality of recesses in the faceplate 16, the fastener and tube may be held in any desired relationship. By thus pivotally mounting the tube on the fastener, the latter may be secured to the l'. ori-zontal edge of a pocket or to the vertical edge of a Suspender, or any other desired lo tion, and the tube Will be prevented from ying with every movement of the body. The movement of the fastener in respect to the tube is clearly indicated in Fig. 4, Where the fastener is, shown in two'diflerent positions.

It will be noted that in my improved pencil holder and point protector above de-- longest.

win I rue holder may be secured at any desired angle by the relative rotation of the holder and fastener and when in any desired position it is firmly held against accidental displacement by the projection 18 Having thus described my invention, I ciaun as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1, .IL pencil holder and point protector,

comprising an open-ended tube, a funnelshaped point protector slidable Within said tube and having an outWardly-extending flange in engagement with the walls of said tube, a spring beneath. said point protector and in enga ement with the bottom of the tube and with said flange and normally pressing the protector toward the open end of the tube, and means Within the tube for preventing the removaljof the protector from the tube.

2. A pencil holder and point protector, comprising an open-ended tube, means adja cent the oppn end of the tube for holding a tube, a spring beneath said point protector normally pressing it toward the open end of the tube, and a fastener for securing the tube to any desired supp rt. 1

45 A pencil holder and point protector, comprisin an open ended tube, means within said t'u ev for holding'a pencil Within the same, a oint protector movable Within said tube, a ace plate secured to said tube adjacent its open end, a fastener pivotally se-. cured to said iace plate, a-nd-a projection on" said fastener adapted to enter a recess in the face plate and hold the fastener and face plate against free relative movement.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

vnosnnr KLIPFEL. Witnesses: I

EDGAR L. Rronrnn, J. B. HowARD. 

